Thread-guide for spooling-machines



(No Model.) v

R. ATHERTON 8 0 J. NEWBY.

THREAD GUIDE FOR SPOOLING MACHINES. No. 278,487.

Patented May 29,1883.

INVENTQRE Wmv/ BY J W WITNESSES:

ATTORNEYS.

A UNITED STATES PATIENT OFFICE,

ROBERT ATHERTON AND JAMES NEWBY, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

THREAD-GUIDE FOR SPOOLING-MACHIN ES.

- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 278,487, dated May 29,

Application filed June 22. 1852. (No model.)

'10 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ROBERT ATHERTON and JAMES NEWBY, of Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved ThreadGuide' for Spoofing-Machines, 850., of which the following'is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of our invention is to facilitate the adj usting,removing, and replacing of the are thus adapted to slide with the block for adjustment of the position of the thread-guideI Reference is to be had to. the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures. V

Figure 1 is a longitudinal elevation of our improved thread-guide for spoofing-machines, 850. Fig. 2 is a'plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the same on the line as m, Fig. 2. A block, A, adapted to rest on the upper edge of the traverse-bar B, is provided on one side with adownwardly-projectinglug, 0,- rest ing against the side of the traverse-barB, and

provided with a horizontal slot, D, through which a screw or pintle,'E, passes,'which also passes through the spring-washer plate F, resting against the outer surface of the log 6. The block A is provided in its upper edge with a recess for receiving a thread-guide made of glass, porcelain, metal, or other suitable material, and provider in its upper edge with a tapering transverse groove, H, or with a slightly diagonal groove, as may be desired. A Ushaped-or like spring-rod, J, is secured to each end of the blockA,the shorter shanks J passing down on the inner sides of the end pieces of the block, in which end pieces the ends of these spring-rods J are recessed, as shown in Fig. 3. The lower ends of. the long shanks J of the spring-rods J are preferably bent over, and are adapted to slide in tracks K, consisting of grooved plates secured on the upper edge of the traverse-bar B, a short dis tance from the ends of the block A.

The operation is as follows: If a thread guide, G, is to be placed into the block A, the lower ends of the shanks J are raised out of the grooved tracks K and allowed to rest upon the traverse-bar B, as shown in the right portion of Fig. 3, whereby the tension of the spring -r0ds will be reduced. The threadguide is then placed in the socket-block, and the lower ends of the shanks J 2 are raised and placed in the grooved tracks K again, whereby the tensions of the spring-rods J will be increased sufficiently to hold the thread-guide in the socket by the pressure of the shanks J against the said guide. The block A can easily bemoved in the direction'ot' the-length of the traverse-bar B such distances as the justment by striking it the thread-guide G will not break, as the plain glass or porcelain thread-guides do.

Having thus fully described our invention", we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with the traverse-bar, socket block, thread guide, and grooved tracks K, of the spring-rods having one end connected to said socket-block, and the other i or free end adapted to slide in said grooved tracks, substantially as described. I

- 2. The combination, with a traverse-bar, of one or more socket-blocks adapted to slide on go the traverse-bar and adapted to receive thread guides, of spring-rods attached to this block,

.and of grooved tracks screwed on the traverse bar and adapted to receive the free ends of these spring-rods, substantially as herein shown and 5 described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with the traverse-barB, of the sliding block-A, provided with a slotted lug, U, the pintle or screw E, the thread-guide G, the spring-rods J, and the grooved tracks Ioo K,substantially as herein shown and described, shown and described, and. for the purpose set and. for the purpose set forth. forth.

4. The combination, with the traverse-bar 13, ROBERT ATHERTON. 0f the sliding block A, provided with a slotted t JAMES NEWBY. 5 1ng,0, the pintleorsorew E, thespring-wesher Witnesses: I

F, the thread-guide Gr, the spring-rods J, and EDWARD R. WEISS, the grooved tracks K, substantially as herein THOMAS NUGENT. 

